Europe

European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen take part in a virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Brussels, Belgium June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool

Europe changes its mind on China

July 2020

EU Defense Washington Forum

9:00 AM - Thursday Jul 09, 2020 1:00 PM EDT

Pupils and their teacher Paivi Tihinen of the Kirsti primary school have their lessons outside in a nearby park, as schoolchildren return to classes after eight weeks of lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread in the country, in Espoo, Finland May 14, 2020. Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. FINLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN FINLAND.

Reopening the World: Reopening schools—Insights from Denmark and Finland

Monday, July 6, 2020

Deligates attend the official dinner at the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kay Nietfeld,Pool

Balancing act: Major powers and the global response to US-China great power competition

Fiona Hill, Tanvi Madan, Amanda Sloat, Mireya Solís, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Bruce Jones, Emilie Kimball, Jesse I. Kornbluth, and Ted Reinert

July 2020

Bulgarian Muslims Mehmed Aiumankov (L), and his bride Fatme Kichukova (2nd L) walk with their friends during their wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, some 210 km (130 miles) south of Sofia December 11, 2011. The remote mountain village of Ribnovo in southwest Bulgaria has kept its traditional winter marriage ceremony alive despite decades of Communist persecution, followed by poverty that forced many men to seek work abroad. The wedding ritual was resurrected with vigour among the Pomaks - Slavs who converted to Islam under Ottoman rule. Today Muslims make up 10 percent of Bulgaria's 7.4 million population. The highlight of the ceremony is the painting of the bride's face, where in a private rite open only to female in-laws, her face is covered in thick, chalky white paint and decorated with colourful sequins. Picture taken December 11, 2011. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

Balkan affairs: Turkish and Saudi influence on Bulgarian Muslims

Rositsa Atanasova

Monday, June 29, 2020

Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj of Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) wears a protective mask as he meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in Tripoli, Libya June 24, 2020. The Media Office of the Prime Minister/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

The next steps in Libya

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Federica Saini Fasanotti

Friday, June 26, 2020

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, attends the 22nd meeting by videoconference of leaders of China and the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Belgium, on June 22, 2020. China and the Union European (EU) reaffirmed this Monday (22) their commitment to conclude a comprehensive bilateral investment agreement in 2020.

The future of trans-Atlantic collaboration on China: What the EU-China summit showed

Friday, June 26, 2020

Polish President Andrzej Duda attends election rally in Bialystok, Poland June 20, 2020. Agnieszka Sadowska/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND

Why Trump shouldn’t be hosting Polish President Duda

Molly Montgomery

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

US Department of State Secretary Mike Pompeo(right) and Kosovo President Hashim Thaci(left) hold a meeting today on February 26, 2020 at the Department of State in Washington DC, USA. (Photo by Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Why a Kosovo-Serbia White House deal could be dangerous

Molly Montgomery

Friday, June 19, 2020

People watch supplies distribution from their balconies in Roma community in Podgorica amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, Montenegro March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic

Will COVID-19 create a new surge in poverty in the Western Balkans?

Jamele Rigolini, Marc Tobias Schiffbauer, and Edith Kikoni

Friday, June 19, 2020